You may have to register to get this video, but it is free. This video interviews those around him about his early life and presidency. The video shows how hard work can be rewarded with the highest office.(2:40:08)

Jimmy Carter was campaigning to become the first president from the Deep South since 1849. His ads, created by Atlanta advertising executive Gerald Rafshoon, skillfully made use of his heritage. They portrayed him as honest, hardworking, untainted by... Washington politics, and almost mythically connected to America’s agricultural past--a non-lawyer who knew the value of manual labor. (00:35)[more]

Jimmy Carter unsuccessfully attempts to play into the uncertainty that the American public had for Ronald Reagan, during a debate on October 28, 1980. In this video clip, hear clips from this debate and learn about what each presidential candidate ha...d going for and against them in this election. (04:47)[more]

Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter was a Washington outsider, a position he stressed during his campaign. He was considered to be an ineffective president who led the country at the wrong time. In this video clip, learn about the roots of Jimmy Carter and... how he got involved with Georgia politics and becoming President of the United States. (04:21)[more]

Carter reminds his fellow southerners that there had not been a president from the deep South since 1848, in a radio commercial meant to appeal to the deep South. Ultimately Carter won this region, but Ford got more white southern votes. (0:49)

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